criticism

Yellow is the new red on China's roads
In China’s new traffic rule, running a yellow light will be considered equivalent to running a red one. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
January 04, 2013
BEIJING--Drivers in China are seeing red over a new crackdown on running through intersections when the lights are yellow.
Business leaders blast TEPCO's planned rate hike in ...
Toshiyuki Shiga, chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, criticizes Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s plan to raise electric bills for companies during a news conference held in Tokyo’s Minato Ward on Feb. 16. (Kaname Kakuta)
February 17, 2012
A chorus of criticism is emerging from business leaders over plans by the embattled Tokyo Electric Power Co. to sharply hike electricity bills for companies in April.
Singaporean theaters tackling politics, social...
A scene from "Cooling Off Day" performed by the Singaporean theater group Wild Rice. (Provided by Wild Rice)
February 08, 2012
SINGAPORE--Singaporeans have been ridiculed for taking little interest in politics and treating it as a lowly public spectacle.
Chinese county criticized for pro-Japanese policy
Signs written in Japanese can be found throughout the city of Fangzheng, China. (Photo by Daisuke Nishimura)
August 09, 2011
FANGZHENG, China-Local authorities have come under fire for requiring stores to put up signs in Japanese and Chinese after being forced to remove a monument to commemorate...
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